Take Action:5 Easy Things You Can Do To Support the Hancock Least Terns

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Become a Tern Scout

We will be hosting a "Least Tern Nest Scout" training to help volunteers learn to locate and identify Least Tern nests and breeding activity. If you sign up to become a nest scout, we will assign you a section of beach to regularly walk and report findings to Audubon staff! This will help us more quickly locate colony areas and install protective measures!

When: Thursday, May 25th at 5:30 pmMeeting Place: Pass Christian Harbor Parking lot (colony is to the east of the harbor)Please RSVP to Molly Folkerts (mfolkerts@audubon.org).

Volunteer to scout or stand watch

We will be holding our 3rd Annual Volunteer Recruitment Luncheon on June 3rd from 12pm - 3pm at the Long Beach Yacht Club. We'll be posting more info here soon!

Audubon’s Least Tern volunteers are trained to politely engage and educate people who are about to absently walk into a nesting area.

“Most people coming to this part of the beach don’t know that it’s a nesting ground,” one veteran volunteer says. “Even if there are roped off areas and signs posted, they’re having fun and not paying attention. Lots of times they just walk right past the warnings.

“That’s why volunteers are posted on either side of the nesting grounds. Once people understand, they don’t mind a little detour at all.”